(p. 261) kyān̐ṭa expressing peevishness. ক্যাঁটক্যাঁট করা v. to be given to peevish rebuking, to constantly express peevishness, to carp or nag (at); to look over bright or gaudy. ক্যাঁটক্যাঁট করে বলা v. to say with harsh outspokeness. ক্যাঁটকেঁটে a. harsh; peevish; carping; gaudy. 19)

(p. 192) kacalākacali act of wringing or squeezing repeatedly; act of rubbing; act of higgling (অনেক কচলাকচলির পর দাম কমাল). কচলাকচলি করা v. to wring or squeeze repeatedly; to rub; to higgle. 33)

(p. 256) kōn̐ḍ়, kōn̐ḍ়ā a young shoot of a plant esp. of bamboo, cane etc. 11)

(p. 262) kyāsṭara aẏēla castor oil. 2)

(p. 248) kūrma the tortoise, the turtle; the second of the ten incarnations of Vishnu (বিষ্ণু). ̃পুরাণ n. the name of the Purana (পুরাণ) narrating the exploits of the second incarnation of Vishnu (বিষ্ণু). ̃পৃষ্ঠ n. the back of a tortoise, a tortoise-shell. a. convex. 30)

(p. 257) kōẏa (poet. & obs.) whomsoever, to anybody. 25)

(p. 208) kala3 a machine; an engine; a device, a contrivance, an artifice; a lock (বাক্সের কল); (of a gun) a trigger or lock; a factory, a mill; a workshop, a means, a way (পরিত্রাণের কল জানা); a trap (ইঁদুরকল); a tactic, a stratagem. ̃কাঠি নাড়া v. to pull the string or wire, to exert hidden influence. ̃কৌশল n. a device. কল খাটানো v. to set a trap; to have recourse to a ploy or artifice. কল টেপা v. to advise or instigate secretly; to pull the wires, to intrigue. কল পাতা v. to set a trap. কলে-কৌশলে adv. by hook or crook; tactfully. কলে তৈরি a. millmade; machine-made. কলের গাড়ি a steam-engine; a railway train; an automobile. কলের গান a gramophone. কলের জল tap-water. কলের জাহাজ a steamship, a steamer. কলের পুতুল a spring-doll, a marionette, a puppet; (fig.) a person who acts just as one directs him. কলের মানুষ (fig.) a person who acts just as one directs him, a puppet; a person without free will or personality. কলের মজুর a mill-hand. 39)

(p. 262) krīḍ়ōdyāna a pleasure garden. 32)

(p. 219) kāchima the tortoise, the turtle. কাছিমের খোলা n. tortoise-shell. 10)

(p. 232) kālimā blackness; darkness, gloom (মনের কালিমা); blemish; disrepute, a stigma (চরিত্রের কালিমা). ̃ময় a. dark, darkened with stigma; stigmatized; disgraceful, defamed. 21)

(p. 243) kumati a wicked or harmful inclination or thought or design; evil design; evil counsel. a. having such inclination or thought or design. 18)

(p. 215) kasāi a butcher; (fig.) an extremely cruel or unfeeling or hard-hearted person. ̃খানা n. a slaughter-house, a butchery, a shambles; (fig.) a place of merciless oppression. ̃গিরি n. the profession of a butcher; (fig.) extremely hard-hearted behaviour. 5)

(p. 208) karmādhyakṣa a superintendent; a supervisor; an overseer; a workmaster. 20)

(p. 253) kēmabrika cambric, a kind of white cotton fabric. 27)

(p. 203) kamalālaẏā an appellation of Goddess Lakshmi (লক্ষ্মী). 15)